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Reference number

SM 33/3/B57

Purpose

[51] Working drawings

Aspect

Jaumb of Chimney Piece full size, The Part tinted with Yellow shows the / part above the Chimney Piece, Line of Shelf, Bookcase, Looking Glass, Line of Brickwork / at Back of Chy ----- Line of Brickwork and (verso) Plan of chimneypiece (at base)

Scale

full size

Inscribed

as above, The Marquis of Buckingham, Gothic Library / Stowe, Jaumb of Chimney Piece full size, The Part tinted with Yellow shows the / part above the Chimney Piece, Line of Shelf, Bookcase, Looking Glass, Line of Brickwork / at Back of Chy ----- Line of Brickwork and (verso) Cornice of Chimney Piece full Size B, Jaumb of Chimney Piece, A, Line of Cornice, Bookcase

Signed and dated

  • 23/11/1805
    Lincolns Inn Fields / Novr 23 1805 and (verso) Lincolns Inn Fields Novr

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, yellow and red washes, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (642 x 523) (verso) pen and pencil

Hand

The office Day Book for 23 November 1805 gives Seward and Howe as working on Stowe, that is Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808), and 'Howe' is unknown

Notes

'Jaumb' or more commonly 'jamb' is the side of a window, door or chimney.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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